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It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: warninglight
Date: November 3, 2018, 1:59 pm
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I haven't been on here much since I sold my grotty old 88" a
couple of years ago, but I have since replaced it with a project
which some of you might like!
I spoke to some of you at t'pit this year, hopefully it'll be
welcome as a leafer at t'pit in about 2025 when it's solid and
I've found enough unobtainium to get it back in one piece.
Built in 1979 I believe, it was a builders' bus in Baghdad for a
few years before coming to the UK. It was presumably used for a
few years before being parked in the garden of a hoarder in the
New Forest for 25 years. After a year of trying to get in touch
with the owner, it appeared on ebay for sale by a dodgy scrap
dealer. I got it for less than I'd have given the owner's widow
for it, but I'm sure much much more than he paid...
I don't yet know why it was parked up, but the 4 plugs were
removed, so the engine is well seized. The bolted joint in the
roof rotted out and so the interior was full of organic matter,
spider nests, the lot. Manuals are all in Swedish, lots of parts
seem unique to these models, so I suspect it may end up with a
few series components by the time I'm done.
Photos are here - I'll add them as I go but there won't be much
happening this winter!
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p2arvnt9jq0w1cg/AABxjO86zW0A-lM3_CDmJQF9a?dl=0
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: hippydave
Date: November 3, 2018, 3:32 pm
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That's going to keep you out of trouble for a wee while, or get
you into trouble.
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: Tom
Date: November 3, 2018, 4:42 pm
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wow, nice!
for PDF translation you could use the Google Translate app on
your phone - take a picture of the swedish text and the app will
put the english right on top of the gobbledeygook, or do it more
accurately if you take a picture.
E.g:
HTML https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1905/45652617142_0132cd7b48_z.jpg
HTML https://flic.kr/p/2cyaAyEScreenshot_20181103-213239.png
HTML https://flic.kr/p/2cyaAyE
by Tom Griffiths
HTML https://www.flickr.com/photos/155167182@N04/,
on Flickr
becomes
HTML https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/44789247985_681e68d531_z.jpg
HTML https://flic.kr/p/2beSAZxScreenshot_20181103-213258.png
HTML https://flic.kr/p/2beSAZx
by Tom Griffiths
HTML https://www.flickr.com/photos/155167182@N04/,
on Flickr
This may help, it may not! wdesmle
I've had a play with OCR software to convert the entire PDF to
english but the scan isn't the best quality so the text gets
quite jumbled up.
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: Lo-Fi
Date: November 4, 2018, 2:05 am
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Love it. Keep the updates coming
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: warninglight
Date: November 4, 2018, 5:40 am
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Thanks all!
Tom, I've been using the google translate feature to fairly good
effect, it's never going to be perfect but I think it'll do well
enough, if I get really stuck I have a couple of Swedish friends
I can ask, but for technical words they may not be able to help.
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: Gossamer
Date: November 4, 2018, 1:09 pm
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Lovely bit of kit. Good luck with it.
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: LostInFrance
Date: November 5, 2018, 12:59 pm
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Nice !
That will keep you busy for a while...
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: blenky
Date: November 6, 2018, 12:21 pm
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Looks good. I like them.
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Re: It's not a Landy but it is a Leafer - Volvo C202
DIR By: Land Raver
Date: November 9, 2018, 3:13 pm
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What a great project. Don't think I've ever seen one of those
before.
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